This sparkling Tiny Folio edition of Audubon's Birds of America displays all 435 of Audubon's hand-coloured engravings, graced with an illuminating introduction by Roger Tory Peterson that places Audubon in his ornithological and art historical context. Issued with the full endorsement and cooperation of the Audubon Society, the stunning Baby Elephant Folio - here reproduced in a miniature-like version - was the first work ever to arrange Audubon's plates in scientific order.

Abbeville’s classic edition of The Birds of America is back in stock — in a striking new package. The Baby Elephant Folio presents all 435 of John James Audubon’s brilliant hand-coloured engravings in exquisite reproductions derived from the original plates of the rare Double Elephant Folio. Although many attempts have been made to re-create the splendid illustrations in Audubon’s masterpiece, nothing has ever equaled the level of fidelity achieved in this luxurious edition.Organised and annotated by Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson, this volume is as informative as it is beautiful. Its fascinating introduction places Audubon in the context of the history of American ornithological art and also reproduces a wide sampling of the work of his notable predecessors and disciples, including Roger Tory Peterson’s own rightfully famous paintings. A new systematic arrangement of the prints, following the modern classification of species, and descriptive captions about each bird allow us to appreciate Audubon's achievement in the light of modern ornithology.

The largest known collection of ledger art ever acquired by one individual is Mark Lansburgh's diverse assemblage of more than 140 drawings, now held by the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College and catalogued in this important book. The Cheyennes, Crows, Kiowas, Lakotas, and other Plains peoples created the genre known as ledger art in the mid-nineteenth century. Before that time, these Indians had chronicled the heroic achievements of their warriors and chiefs on rock, buffalo robes, and tipi covers. As they came into increasing contact with American traders, the artists recorded their experiences in pencil and crayon drawings on paper bound in ledger or account books. The drawings became known as ledger art.
This volume presents in full color the Lansburgh collection in its entirety. The drawings are narratives depicting Plains lifeways through Plains eyes. They include landscapes and scenes of battle, hunting, courting, ceremony, incarceration, and travel by foot, horse, train, and boat. Ledger art also served to prompt memories of horse raids and heroic exploits in battle.
In addition to showcasing the Lansburgh collection, "Ledger Narratives" augments the growing literature on this art form by providing seven new essays that suggest some of the many stories the drawings contain and that look at them from innovative perspectives. The authors--scholars of art history, anthropology, history, and Native American studies--touch on such themes as gender, social status, sovereignty, tribal and intertribal politics, economic exchange, and confinement and space in a changing world.
The Lansburgh collection includes some of the most arresting examples of Plains Indian art, and the essays in this volume help us see and hear the multiple narratives these drawings relate.

"We wiggle and waggle, squiggle and squirm,
Digging in the dirt is the life of a worm.
We dig and we sing all day long,
Our wiggly, waggly, gardening song."
Follow Wiggle and Waggle, two wormy best friends, through five wormy chapters as they dig in the dirt, work hard, and have fun swimming and singing.
Beginning readers will dig the simple science facts included at the end of this charming book.

Dive in for a taste of tide pool soup
When the tide goes out, a briny soup is trapped among the rocks. Playful poems introduce readers to ten salty tide-pool creatures--from a self-satisfied anemone that brags about its home to barnacles that perform a rap about their feeding technique. The poems are brought to life by Mary Peterson's lighthearted illustrations.
A secondary layer of factual text introduces children to the creatures that inhabit North American tide pools.

The book confession is a compilation of all of the anonymous confessions submitted by people around the world. Submissions are received via email and published monthly. Topics include matters of love, life, relationships, animals, and just random confessions. This book is filled with humor, guilt, sadness, and things that truly make you wonder. This book makes you think about things and life in general, or perhaps causes you wonder if this entry is about you. If anything, opening this book you are now reading other secrets submitted, throwing you in the world in which I as the author have lived- to hold secrets until death do us part. This book was made with each of you in mind. It can't be done without you, nor will your secret ever reveal who you are. If anything, after reading this book you'll know that some of the things you are feeling-you're not alone. So I encourage you to pick up a copy and submit your confession

Battle for a Broken Heart is the memoir of Nicholas Meadows. Nick was physically and sexually abused by his birth mother throughout his childhood and into adolescence. During his unique journey and battle for healing, Nick allows the reader access into his most private thoughts and feelings. This book is a powerful human interest story - a reminder of how faith and love can accomplish anything. It also includes a useful section devoted to practical ways of coping with and overcoming the effects of abuse, such as insomnia, nightmares, depression, shame, etc. While continuing to shine a light on the devastation caused by incest, abuse and neglect, Nick's rare story has the power to nurture the soul and heal the wounded.

Hannah Peterson's 1870 "The Young Wife's Cook Book" is designed to be a complete source of recipes and information for the inexperienced cook, a book that she can use to start her household and continue to use as she raises her family.